Grade Eleven Collab Continued

Have you ever used Todaysmeet.com? Neither have I. Have you ever considered it using with students? Neither did I, but @ballantynedj did.

Communication begins: writers of the post are written under each message.

Let me tell you what Todaysmeet.com is, first and foremost; it's a twitter style feed, used and sent in real time for instant communication with others that you send to the generated URL for your "chat". All messages must be less than 140 characters, allowing the chat to be equally distibuted among members with no single person over-powering the next. It is easy to set up and it is easy to send to others. Not to mention, the entire chat transcript is recorded and ready for viewing from the website, under the chat box, making the ability to save the chat simple and carefree.

Receiving some valuable feedback from @ballantynedj's grade eleven students.

This was the second part of our online collaboration with @ballantynedj's grade eleven students in Waterloo. We joined a chat with Daniel and his students and discussed with them where their strengths and weaknesses in their presentation were. The students also gave us their own feedback of our feedback, allowing us to improve our online tutoring skills for any future use. Using this real-time chat system, we quickly discussed what the next steps for their project would be and how we (@darthclaudiaa, @YatesV, @yoMsDunn, @daley1s) could contribute. The next steps the students will be taking is that they will be creating a video using jaycut.com (with an open username and password for access by all members of the party: the students, Daniel and us Brock students to view the creating and editing process) and we will get to watch the finish project.

Who knew such a simple website could be used in such an innovative way. Todaysmeet.com is a great communication tool for projects such as these or even for quick communication between students and their teachers (I imagine students with laptops, watching a video or presentation in class, and the teacher sending messages to students as to what to look out for or asking questions for students to answer while they are watching; a great way to keep track of who is paying attention to videos or presentations) and the transcripts can be saved for assessment purposes (or even to keep track of who might be using the page innapropriately). Another great classroom idea by @ballantynedj that has me inspired and eager to take these advancements into my own classroom.

Thank you again to @zbpipe for this opportunity.